A Drop in the Bucket

Washington Times - The chairman of the House Appropriations Committee on Thursday announced deeper budget cuts than earlier proposed - a move intended to stem criticisms that House Republicans would renege on a top campaign promise. Chairman Harold Rogers promised to cut $100 billion from President Obama‘s fiscal year 2011 request. The cuts - about $58 billion, compared with last year’s budget - would be included in a bill to keep the federal government running once the current funding authority expires March 4. “My committee has been working diligently to go line-by-line in every agency budget to find and cut unnecessary spending to reduce our deficit and help our economy thrive,” the Kentucky Republican said in a prepared statement. Mr. Rogers‘ announcement came a day after he said he would cut about $74 billion from the president’s budget plan, or $35 billion compared with last year’s budget. House Republicans campaigned in 2010 on a promise to cut $100 billion from Mr. Obama‘s request for domestic agencies - a pledge many conservative House Republicans pressed their party to stick to. Read full story here:

A Drop in the Bucket